In case the name didn't hit you on your funny bone, Mrs. Bombeck is the creator of the famous syndicated column "At Wit's End". — Here's a sample: — "I was raised on threats. By the age of ten it became apparent that my mother had an inexhaustible supply all-occasion intimidations. And I believed every one of them. — "'If you don't go to sleep,' sh... more »e threatened, 'the tooth fairy Mafia will pull all your teeth and sell them in the black market.' Or, 'You wet the bed one mote time, and a rainbow will follow you around for the rest of you life.'"« less